Tips/ideas?
I'm on my first week of full liquids and have another week to go. I'm trying to stay strong but I'm really ready for really food. I've talked about this before on here and I'm doing my best to stay focused (even with the pot luck today at work....broth it was instead lol). Can anyone give me tips or some ideas that they used to get through this stage? I have a feeling the responses are gonna be minimal cause there isnt much you can do but I thought maybe someone has an idea they did that I would never have thought of.
Thanks again
I told myself that I had the rest of my life to eat solid foods, but only one chance to let my sleeve heal properly. Stay strong! You just had most of your stomach removed, and it needs to be rested.
Also, I drank as much as I could possibly handle. And ate SF popsicles and jello.
:) Happy
53 yrs old, 5'6" HW: 293 ConsW: 273 SW: 263 CW: 206 
I made sure I had enough of the type of liquids I liked on hand. I planned out my day the best I could. ANd I stayed away from stuff/situations I thought would be too tempting. Pot luck? No way you would have found me near one. But again, it's temporary!
Stay strong and hang in there.
5'5" Goal reached, but fighting regain. Back to Basics.
Start Weight 246 Goal Weight 160 Current Weight 183
Starting size: 22, 2x
Current size: 12, L
Full liquids: fat free cream soup (broccoli cheese was my fav, just blend out the lumps), sugar free pudding thinned out, yogurt thinned out (no seeds or fruit!), milk, sugar free carnation instant breakfast, protein shakes, unflavored protein powder mixed into water with a crystal light packet. And remember you can add unflavored protein powder to almost all of the stuff I mentioned above. *Hint* - As far as the soup goes, I made a can, then froze it in ice cube trays. About two cubes is all I could do at a time. But it made it super easy to just put it in the microwave.
Leah
I will keep my head up and take it one day at a time. I think I need to go back the soups I know I like instead of branching out cause I dont like any of them I've tried lol
11 more days to go ...I can make it :)
SW 229 
CW 136 
heal from surgery than start food and risk me getting pressure full from food and having a
potential leak. At least this thought worked for me.
I drank every 15 minutes so i was full from liquids, so therefore I didnt want the food.
I am wondering how often when your drinking your protein and water. So, the question
is, How often are you drinking water and your protein ( isopure etc) ?????
My suggestion would be drink protein or water every 15 minutes.
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HW: 250 - SW: 241 - CW: 154.7- GW: 140
1 month: 22 pounds (216) 2 months: 12.2 pounds (203.8) 3 months: 10.6 (193.2)
4 months: 9.7 lbs (183.5) 5 Months: 6 pounds (177.5 ) 6 Months: 12 lbs ( 165.5)
7 Months 7.1 lbs (158.4) 8 Months +1.6 pounds(159.8) 9 Months 2.7 pounds (157.1)
10 Months 8.1 lbs (149) 11 months +2 pounds ( 151) 1 YEAR!!! 2.6 pounds (148.4)
Hit "One-derland April 9th, 2011 (199.7)
"Half-Way Goal" April 25th, 2011 (194.8)
"Happyland 80`s" May 14, 2011 (189.6)
"Groovyland 70`s" June 20th 2011 (179.9)
" HippyDippyland 60's" July 16th (169.8)
" CQQL-land 50`s" August 25th ( 159.8)
"Normal BMI" 24.8 October 21st, 2011 (154.5) I am 5`6
"AWESOME-land 40's" Dec 1st 2011 (149)
"Century Club 100 Pounds" Dec 1st 2011 (149)
' ONE YEAR SURGIVERSARY!!!"
Two Year Surgiversary!!!"
One thing that helped me get through that liquid period was to still have "meals", even though they were tiny. I would put chicken broth in a little bowl, have a tiny plate of sugar free jello. It made me feel like I was really eating a meal... sort of.
Don't worry, before you know it you'll be on to pureeds and mushies!
CW: 130ish HW: 264 SW:254 Hgt: 5'2
Goals-Dr:159-MET Mine:140-MET!!! Final Goal: 135-MET!!!!!
W4:-22 W8:-11 W12:-10.5 W16:-12 W20:-11.5 W24:-9.5 W28:-8 W32:-7.5 W36:-8 W40:-7.5 W44:-5 W48: -4.5 1Yr/W52: -7
